New Nike+ sensor detection problem

Bought my first Nike+ yesterday, did succeed to link the sensor. Did go for a walk to test it, didn’t get any contact. Of and on with the shoe tapping pressing the button and at last contact when holding the sensor in my hand moving it around, put it in the shoe start walking and it looked good but then it after a while the voice asked if I wanted to resume the training, did that a couple of times. Then I stopped the "training" and it had registered 10 meter.
Didn’t succeed to get more contact with the sensor.
Did go to the store today and got it replaced with a new kit. Tested it right away by plug in the receiver and move around the package with the sensor, linked the sensor and got one training activated. Then when home I got problem to connect the sensor, tried several times walking around then tapped and move around the sensor in my hand and got contact, even succeed to get contact with the sensor in the shoe.
I have a old Nano ver 1, the Nano battery is not new but it still hold for several hours music.
My suspicion is that it is old Nike+ kits, didn’t seems to be a big seller in the sports shop where I bought it. I'll guess these battery’s age and get weaker if they have been on the shelf in the store for a year or so.
As I understand it the low battery indicator is based on usage/training time, so if the battery is poor when you buy the sensor there will be no indication before it dies.
It had helped if one could get the date when the sensor was produced by the serial number.
I must say I’m disappointed so far to have to spend all this time trying to make it work.
And BTW why is the excellent stopwatch function with laps separated from the Nike+ thing, as I get it there is no lap function with Nike+.
Going out for a run now to see if it still works, knock on wood.

Well after some disconnecting and connecting of the receiver did I manage to get some action from the sensor, but then it died after 940 meter.
Nike+ have had it’s chance with me I give up and make a run for a refund.

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